"Let us die that we may live" : Greek homilies on Christian martyrs from Asia Minor, Palestine, and Syria (c. AD 350-AD 450) /
This book presents fresh, lively translations of fourteen such homilies, the majority for the first time in English. The homilies were delivered in some of the main cities of the Greek East of the later Roman Empire, by well-known figures such as Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysost...
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Other Authors: | Leemans, Johan, 1965- |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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